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Cauble: Weather kept fight from
By Jerry Guenther
Staff Reporter
Four University of Nebraska-Lincoln stu
dents were arrested and two others were treated
for injuries at the University Health Center
after a snowball fight late Tuesday night on
16th Street, north of the Neihardt Residence
Hall.
Lt. Ken Cauble of the UNL Police Depart
ment said one police report indicated there
were 150 to 250 people involved in the clash.
Damage reports are estimated at $400 to
$500, Cauble said. But some damages still may
be unreDorted, he said.
“The damage total is less severe than other
years, but the problem is still there,” Cauble
said.
Kunle O jikutu, administrator of the Univer
sity Health Center, said two students were
treated for minor lacerations.
Ojikutu said the number of injuries in this
year’s snowball fight were fewer than in previ
ous years.
“The students should be commended,”
Ojikutu said. “Hopefully, there won't be any
next year.”
Cauble said he did not know how the snow
ball fight started, but the police department
received their first call at about 11:30 p.m.
All four students arrested were citea wim
disturbing the peace, Cauble said.
Cauble said cold temperatures and high
winds may have prevented the snowball fight
from gaining momentum.
“It’s kind of depressing,” Cauble said,
can’t figure out how people can have tun
tearing and destroying other people s prop
erty.” .
Cauble said he was uncertain how' many
police officers responded to the snowball fight.
“There were officers from both the city and
UNL police departments,” he said.
Although the UNL police department did
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the snowball fight, Cauble said, they had pre
pared to handle any fights Wednesday night
Eric Raasch, a senior finance major and
member of Theta Chi fraternity, said at least
eight windows were broken in his fraternity
house and a number of spoil ights were knocked
out on top of the house.
“Our house was getting hit pretty hard,”
Raasch said.
Raasch estimated damage to the Theta Chi
fratemity was about the same as previous years,
even though he thinks the snowball fight was
milder than last year.
Petersen says early snowfall
destroyed ‘great’ anti-fight plan
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Griesen added, “We got caught
before wc were ready.”
“I guess wc should have been
(ready), but wc weren’t,” he said.
Griesen said he has met w ith police
officials to coordinate efforts in case
another fight developed Wednesday
night.
“We would like to get down there
fast and disperse crowds, and be there
to arrest the first person who starts
something,” Griesen said.
“We’ve got to let people know
they can be arrested, they can be
thrown out of school," Koubsky said.
Petersen said he thinks the police
are “ready and wailing” should an
other fight happen.
On the positive side, he said, the
fight apparently was smaller than last
year.
Nedrow said she doesn’t think
prevention efforts haven’t worked
since the fight was not as large as last
year’s fight.
About S10,(XX) in damage oc
curred during last year’s fight, which
was after Thanksgiving, compared to
estimates of S5(X) for Tuesday’s fight.
Smith said the Interfraternity
Council has encouraged members to
“stop and think” and he said he thinks
the policy has been clleclive. How
ever, lie said he isn’t sure exactly what
happened Tuesday night.
Students posed dilferent solutions
to the problem.
Petersen said a strong statement to
stop the fight from happening again
needs to be made.
“I’d just as soon see the admini
stration kick people out for things like
this,” Petersen said.
Griesen said as a blanket state
ment, expelling everyone involved
was extreme.
“I think every case has to be looked
at on its own merits,” he said.
Griesen said the four people cited
Tuesday night by Lincoln police in
connection with the snowball light
may also be disciplined by the univer
sity judicial system, which could
involve expulsion.
Koubsky said he thinks the only
way to slop the snowball fights is to
“eliminate negative feelings between
residence hall and Greek students.”
“And that’s going to be hard to
do,” Koubsky said.
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670-stall lot will open soon
By Jeff Beals
Staff Reporter
A new student parking lot on 19lh
Street between Vine and R streets
should be completed by the end of this
week, said Ron Fuller, office supervi
sor for parking.
The 670-stall lot, which will have
a crushed-rock surface, might not be
opened until next week, however, if
bad weather continues, Fuller said.
Students who hold permits for
Areas 1 and 2 will be able to use zuu
of the new spaces, Fuller said. The
remaining spaces will be for commut
ers (area 20 permits).
“Hopefully die new lot will spread
out cars in Area 20 lots,” Fuller said
“Commuter students will easily find
parking in the new lot if they're will
ing to walk.”
“We’re always trying to plan for
more parking,” he said, “but some
times it’s hard to approve it (through
the Board of Regents).”
Changes will lower I
fees, Petersen says
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would diminish the influence ol expo- I
ricnced staff members. Bui ASUN
must achieve or fail as a studeni
oriented body, he said, noi as a body
that relics on non-students.
“It’s got to be a student govern
ment,” Petersen said. “It's got to be
the students doing the job.”
GLCChainnan Bryan Hill agreed.
Although the loss of a paid coordina
tor will challenge GLC, he said, more
student control and the financial
benefits make it worthwhile.
“I have total confidence that a
student can do this (the coordinator’s)
job,”hc said. “It’s within theirgrasp”
In other business, senators passed
a bill that instructs the Campus Life p
Committee to work with the Parking
Advisory Board to study the possibil- I
ity of adding more metered parking p
on East Campus.
S,cn. Jeff Gromowsky of the Col- j
lege of Business Administration in- §
troduccd the bill. He said more me- |
lered stalls are needed to make park- §
ing more convenient for visitors and I
students.
Student sells snowball tight shirts I
By Victoria Ayotte
Senior Reporter
One University of Ncbraska-Lin
coln student plans to make some
money from the annual snowball
fight by selling long-sleeved T-shirts.
Kelly Loneman, a freshman busi
ness major, said he has “tons of or
ders” for the shirts, which depict a
student being hit by snowballs.
The back of the shirt says “Frater
nities vs. Dorms (It’s a Riot!).”
Loneman said he placed posters
advertising the shirts in some fraterni
ties and at Harper Hall where he lives.
He received 24 orders Sunday, the
first day of sales, Loneman said.
“I’ll probably do 100 shirts just
right off the first order,” he said.
Loneman said Nate Gciscrt, firsi
vice president of the Association ol
Students of the University of Nc
braska, and Doug Zatechka, directoi
of university housing, disagreed will
him about the purpose ol the sales.
Zatcchka said Loncman is violat
ing the law by selling something on
state property without permission.
Zatcchka said Loneman’s T-shirts
promote snowball lights. He said he
won’t give Loncman permission to
sell the shirts in the residence halls,
although he has given permission lor
other shirt sales.
“I think that's part of what could
promote a snowball light,” Zatcchka
said.
“If orders continue to be taken, I
will have to do something,” he said.
Zatcchka said he would contact
university attorneys and police if
Loncman continues to sell the shirts.
Loncman plans to continue the
sales, but might handle the sales from
an off-campus phone number in order
to prevent further problems with uni
versity officials.
Loncman said he will remove the
posters, but make the private off
campus number .accessible to stu
dents.
“I don’t think the shirt promotes
the fight,” Loneman said. “I'm going
to keep doing them because I've got
tons of orders.”
CBA students
to gather today
From Staff Reports
A College of Business
Administration student action
rally is scheduled for today at
5:30 p.ro. at the top of the N BC
Center Building. Shcnncn
Salesman, CBA student *dvt
sory board president, said he
expects 200 to 300 students to
attend. Administrators and
state senators are also expected,
he said.
Forum Focuses on UNL salaries
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In his opening remarks, Warner
attempted to clarify the amount of
surplus revenue the Legislature
will be responsible for appropriat
ing next year. He said the percep
tion that the stale has more than
$170 million to spend is wrong.
By law, the state is required to
reserve 3 to 7 percent of that
amount, which leaves only $40 to
$50 million for appropriation, he
said. Also, required expenses such
as social service programs and a
5.5-percent salary increase to slate
employees will take up part of the
su ‘us, he said.
amer said there is great com
petition for the remainder of the
funds, but said he would like to see
the money used to support existing
needs such as salary increases for
UNL faculty.
Barrett said he would approve
the continuation of the salary im
provement package if it remains
within budget limitations.
Other issues concerning UNL
discussed at the forum included the
improvement and expansion of the
current NU telecommunications
system as a means of serving the
citizens of the stale better.
Massengale said the current
ground-based telecommunica
tions system is inadequate because
it does not permit the transfer of
information to other areas of the
state. A satellite-based system
would better serve the interests of
the entire state, he said.
UNIL was labeled as the “flag
ship” university within the stale,
but “Not everybody can come to
UNL,” Massengale said.
For that reason, better telecom
munications would be an asset, he
said.
Barrett agreed that a better sys
tem is necessary, especially for the
improvement of the research and
development aspect of the univer
sity which he said he thinks has
been neglected in the past.
The improvement will be of in
creasing importance as a long-term
goal if the state is better able to use
its technology, he said.
Emphasis on long-reaching and
not just short-term goals has been a
bigger issue over the past eight
years as decentralization has made
state government the place of ac
tion, Barrett said.
He said a long-range plan called
“New Horizons for Nebraska” has
been implemented to ensure that
legislation will be effective for
more than just one year.
“The perception in public life is
becoming more and more focused
on the importance of higher educa
tion,” he said.
Increased awareness of the im
portance of higher education has
led to discussions about creating
another university within the state,
Barrett said. But -UNL should
remain as the flagship institution,
he said.
Warner said if another univei
sity system is created, it would tx
necessary for that system to be
cooperative, not competitive, wit
the existing university system
